Fans of the late actor Gene Hackman have been searching for answers after he and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, under mysterious circumstances.
The actor, who died at 95, had lived a reclusive life in recent years after quietly retiring from acting after filming the 2004 satire Welcome To Mooseport.
Although fans have speculated for years that the film’s box-office bomb status might have contributed to his abandonment of Hollywood, Hackman himself explained why he quit acting in a recently resurfaced interview.
While speaking to Empire in 2009, several years into his retirement, Hackman revealed that it was his heart keeping him from getting back in front of the camera.
‘The straw that broke the camel’s back was actually a stress test that I took in New York,’ Hackman explained. ‘The doctor advised me that my heart wasn’t in the kind of shape that I should be putting it under any stress.’
Earlier, in a 2004 interview on Larry King Live, Hackman admitted that he had a ‘fear’ of dying, though he considered it a perfectly normal thing.
Following Gene Hackman’s shock death under mysterious circumstances at his home in Santa Fe, a resurfaced interview is shedding light on why he quit Hollywood and settled in New Mexico; seen in 2003
Fans have speculated that his final film Welcome To Mooseport bombing might have contributed to him leaving Hollywood, Hackman himself explained his retirement in 2009; pictured with Christine Baranski in Welcome to Mooseport
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